Yohanna Kure
Major General Yohanna Yerima Kura | |
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| Born | April 22nd, 1939[1] Kurmin Musa, Kaduna State, Nigeria |
| Died | November 2nd, 2023 |
| Allegiance | Federal Republic of Nigeria |
Rank | Major General |
| Commands | 82nd Division |
Yohanna Yarima Kure (April 22nd, 1939 - November 2nd, 2023) was a Nigerian army officer. He was a member of the Armed Forces Ruling Council (1985-1987) at the onset of Ibrahim Babangida's administration and was member of the Supreme Military Council of Nigeria (1983–1985) in Buhari's military government.
Kure is a former General Officer Commanding (GOC) 82nd Division, Enugu and the 2nd Mechanized Division, Ibadan.[2]
Life
Kure hails from Kurmin Musa in Kachia Local Government Area, southern, Kaduna State, Nigeria. He attended Provincial Secondary School, Zaria (1957 - 1962).[3] In 1963, he joined Nigeria Military Training College and had further military training at Officer Cadet School, Portsea, Australia in 1964.[3] Kure later attended the Command and Staff College, Jaji, in 1976.[3] In 1982, he attended a course at the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies where he wrote the paper, Logistics in Military Campaign: A case Study of the Nigerian Civil War.
Kure was appointed Lieutenant in 1966, Captain in 1969 and Major in 1970. He was promoted Lt. Col in 1975 and became a Colonel in 1980. In 1983, he was appointed to the rank of Brigadier. Kure was a member of the Special Military Tribunal that adjudicated suspected participants of the Mamman Vatsa coup of 1986.[4] In 1990, he was head of the Second Tribunal that tried suspected members of the Gideon Orkar led coup in 1990.[5] Upon the appointment of Salihu Ibrahim as Chief of Army Staff, Kure and other Generals who were higher in rank to Ibrahim were retired. However, Babangida gave him a ministerial post after his retirement.[4] He was Minister of Culture and Social Welfare in 1990 and was redeployed to the Sports Ministry in 1992. He died 2 November 2023.
References
- ↑ "Gen. Yohanna Yerima Kura 1939-2023". Forever Missed. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
- ↑ Siollun, Max. "Babangida: His Life And Times (Part 4 )". gamji.com.
- 1 2 3 "KURE, Major-Gen. Yohanna Yerima (rtd)". Biographical Legacy & Research Foundation (BLERF). Retrieved 13 June 2026.
- 1 2 Siollun, Max (2013). Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria (1983-1993). Cork: BookBaby.
- ↑ Omogui, Nowa. "The Orkar Failed Coup of April 22, 1990 Part 2". waado.org. Archived from the original on August 27, 2020. Retrieved March 14, 2017.